Character guide · 12 books · 2000 to 2023 · Set in Shanghai

Qiu Xiaolong

Crime and mystery Literary and generalPolice procedural Literary fiction

Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai police, a poet and translator, investigates crimes that run into the politics of the Communist Party as China changes around him. Qiu, born in Shanghai, writes in English from the United States.

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